Cook County Opinion
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Why stop with seniors, Governor?Jan 16, 2008 10:00 pm - I'm sure our governor feels that his latest end-run around the legislature by "improving" the transportation bill was a 10 strike. Who wants to oppose a free ride for ou...
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Immigration issue drives Oberweis voteJan 16, 2008 10:00 pm - I am voting for Jim Oberweis for the 14th U.S. House District to replace Dennis Hastert in Congress. Oberweis was and still is on the forefront of the illegal immigratio...
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Motorola finishes Vertex tender offerJan 16, 2008 10:00 pm - SCHAUMBURG -- Motorola announced its subsidiary, MI Inc., completed its tender offer to acquire a controlling interest in Vertex Standard Co., a global provider of two-w...
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Mass transit deal abuses suburbsJan 16, 2008 10:00 pm - That sucking sound is the city of Chicago consuming millions of tax dollars that the collar counties "contribute." For many years, the citizens of Illinois have had lots...Why not reduce CTA labor costs?Jan 15, 2008 10:00 pm - With all the games that politicians are playing to find ways to fund the CTA budget through the taxpayers pockets, I find it odd that nobody has looked to the one place ...Drastic health care changes unneededJan 15, 2008 10:00 pm - It's a fact that 86 percent of Americans now have health care insurance. Why then do some candidates want to drastically change this system to benefit 14 percent at the...There are too few new jobs in U.SJan 15, 2008 10:00 pm - It really amazed me today when I heard the stock market plunged over 200 on the Dow. The investors have been rewarding big business for sending all of our jobs to China...Language offerings aren't fair for allJan 15, 2008 10:00 pm - I appreciated that reporter Jameel Naqvi did mention my concern about foreign languages, but I think he missed some key points I made. I agree with Naqvi, English is the...New Year's regrets, she has a fewJan 15, 2008 10:00 pm - This is the time of year when many people make resolutions and by the end of January, most of them have been broken or all together forgotten. I do not make resolutions...Immigration issue drives Oberweis voteJan 15, 2008 10:00 pm - I am voting for Jim Oberweis for the 14th U.S. House District to replace Dennis Hastert in Congress. Oberweis was and still is on the forefront of the illegal immigrati...